News from around the Southland includes items from Oak Lawn, Tinley Park, Blue Island, Park Forest, Palos Hills and Oak Forest.

Porter-Gaud High School in Charleston, South Carolina has not had a Black homecoming queen during the entirety of its 155-year existence. But that changed this year. Senior Amber Wilsondebriano ...

But in this special year, for seemingly every Fair Grove athlete who donned the school's purple, there was no reason to stop believing. "We have a lot of seniors here, knowing it could be their ...

Inc., Northfield High School, and numerous community partners culminated in a successful Work Readiness Fair in May.

All four Springfield area high school football teams won their state semifinals on Saturday afternoon. The area is guaranteed at least one state champion, with Fair Grove and Lamar facing off next ...

With construction fully underway for Oak Lawn High School’s athletic fieldhouse, district leaders say they are on target to complete the $40 million facility by fall 2026. Construction began ...

A University of Virginia graduate, Brenkus grew up in Vienna, Virginia, and attended James Madison High School, where he was a multi-sport athlete.

He also hit two batters but worked out of trouble throughout the game to keep Fair Lawn off the scoreboard. The fourth-seeded Marauders (20-8) broke open a scoreless game with a four-run sixth ...

Derringer, who was 77, was best known as the singer of Hang on Sloopy as a member of the McCoys, and writer of Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo and Hulk Hogan’s Real American wrestling theme. He died on ...

Turlock native Ash Ruder, who is coming off the release of new music, will perform at the Stanislaus County Fair on July 12 (Photo by Josh Kranich). The Stanislaus County Fair will have a familiar ...

For decades, some of the city's brightest students have shown their very best at the Chicago Public Schools science fair, but a Lane Tech senior stole the spotlight this year. Divine Favour Osuji ...